There seems to be frequent questions as to how to post photographs on the forum - so I thought I would put everything together in one place and this topic will be sticky'd - I'll leave the thread unlocked initially for anybody to ask questions or add extra information to, then at a later date, will prune it back down to instructions, etc, and we'll probably lock it later.
Firstly, because this is such a picture heavy site,
images cannot be directly hosted on the forum - we'd overload the server very quickly and slow the site down. So, if you want to insert an image into a post, you have to store your image externally - either on a photo hosting site, or on a blog, your website, etc. Please also note that, even though images are hosted off-site, it's still best not to use very large images - they will slow loading of the page as the viewer's computer is trying to load the external picture, and for some, they are simply too big for smaller screens.
To insert an image from Flickr (they have recently changed this):Select the image you want to use
Click on the share icon (bottom left of the image) to drop down
Select BBCode and the medium(500) size. Copy the link provided and paste it into your post. You may need to add a line break just before the title to format neatly.
Inserting an image from an External Source (such as your own website, or a blog page)
2 options here - either be at the point that you have just the image on your page, and nothing else - copy the full URL from the address bar.
Or
Right click the image, and "Copy Image Location"
Either way, you should have a line of code that begins with
http:// followed by details of the exact location of the image.
Paste this into your post.
Select the entire line so it is highlighted blue.
Click on the Insert Image icon, which is the second row, second button in, looks like a little picture frame. This will insert the code required to display the image.
If you image is too large, look for the part of the code which is [img] (this will be right at the start of the line that you selected and highlighted) and you can control the size there by adding the red text after the image code: [img width=500]
As with Photobucket, you can use the Preview button to check you have done it correctly, and the same applies to Flickr too.
Hope this helps!
Please feel free to add to this thread, correct me if I am wrong, clarify anything, and myself or another mod will adjust the original post as necessary. Useful links can also be added.
Edited to add notes about sizes